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The Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the 90-year-old man who was hit by a truck on Highway 29 north of Seigler Canyon Road early Tuesday morning as Kenneth John Beech of Kelseyville.
Beech was crossing the highway on foot when he was hit and killed by a semi truck whose driver didn’t see him.
On Monday, a head-on crash on Highway 20 east of Witter Springs Road near Upper Lake killed two people.
So far, one of them has been identified — Evaristo Hernandez Hernandez, 43, of Ukiah, who was a passenger in a pickup driven by a driver who is believed to have been under the influence of alcohol.
The driver of the other vehicle, who also died, has not yet been identified.
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California is making it easier to charge your electric vehicle.
The California Energy Commission on Wednesday approved a $1.9 billion investment plan that advances the state’s electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling goals.
This funding builds on $1.8 billion already invested and will help deploy 40,000 new public EV chargers statewide and other zero-emission vehicle, or ZEV, infrastructure across California, creating the most extensive charging and hydrogen refueling network in the country.
The investments are part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s unprecedented $10 billion budget for ZEVs, which is bolstered by billions of dollars for clean transportation from the Biden-Harris Administration.
At least 50% of the ZEV infrastructure deployed through the four-year funding plan will benefit disadvantaged or low-income communities — places often hit the hardest by air pollution.
Combined with funding from the federal government, utilities and other programs, these investments will help the state achieve its goal of deploying 250,000 public EV chargers at sites throughout California, such as highway corridors and shopping centers. This is in addition to private installations and home chargers.
“Our clean transportation future is here with more than 1 in 4 new cars sold in our state being electric. That’s why California is building a bigger and better zero-emission charging network – the most extensive in the nation,” said Newsom. “No other state in America is doing more to make our zero-emissions future a reality.”
As the state nears two million ZEVs sold, these investments are critical to meeting projected infrastructure needs.
Last year, Gov. Newsom signed a bill extending the Clean Transportation Program and providing a dedicated source of funding for EV charging through 2035.
In addition, to improve the EV charging experience, the CEC is developing first-in-the-world state regulations for EV charger reliability and reporting.
A performance-based standard will apply to all new publicly funded EV chargers which, among other things, will be required to disclose operational data to help drivers make more informed choices about when and where to charge their EVs.
California’s ZEV Market Momentum: In 2023, 25% of new cars sold in California were zero-emission.
The state surpassed both its zero-emission truck sales and vehicle sales goals two years ahead of schedule and surpassed its 10,000 fast EV chargers goal more than a year ahead of schedule.
The success of the state’s programs has led to ZEVs becoming a top export and has spurred major advances in manufacturing and job creation.
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Pending family notification, the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office did not identify the 90-year-old Kelseyville man in its report on the crash, which occurred at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The CHP said the pedestrian was crossing Highway 29 north of Seigler Canyon Road, walking eastbound from the northbound No. 1 lane to the northbound No. 2 lane.
Antonio Ceja, 44, of Yuba City, was driving a 2024 Kenworth truck northbound in the No. 2 lane at 55 miles per hour, the CHP said.
As Ceja approached the pedestrian’s location, the CHP said the man continued walking eastbound in the No. 2 lane.
The report said Ceja was late to see the pedestrian walk directly into the path of his truck, and the left front side of the truck hit the pedestrian, killing him.
The CHP said the crash remains under investigation by CHP Officer J. Mahorney.
The Tuesday crash involving the pedestrian is the fifth traffic fatality over the past week and a half and the second involving a pedestrian.
The other fatal involving a pedestrian occurred on Feb. 4 on Highway 20 in Nice, where the woman was crossing the road from Robinson Rancheria’s casino to Pomo Pumps.
Just since Friday, three motorists have died in crashes, including a solo-vehicle rollover on Friday afternoon and a head-on double-fatal on Monday morning near Upper Lake.
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The council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The meeting will be broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel or the Lake County PEGTV YouTube Channel.
Community members also can participate via Zoom or can attend in person.
The meeting also can be accessed via One tap mobile at +16694449171,,84070608548# or by dialing 1 669 444 9171.
The agenda can be found here.
Comments and questions can be submitted in writing for City Council consideration by sending them to City Clerk Melissa Swanson at
To give the council adequate time to review your questions and comments, please submit your written comments before 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15.
On Thursday, the council will consider ratifying City Manager Alan Flora’s proclamation, issued on Friday in his capacity as Clearlake’s director of emergency services, of a local emergency for the winter storms.
In other business, the council will consider adjustments to the city’s budget as part of the mid-year budget reviews.
Also on the agenda is the review and approval of the use and retention of the development impact fees for fiscal year 2022-23, and approval of the purchase of shade structures for Austin Park using a cooperative purchasing agreement with park planet in the amount of $147,942.51.
The meeting also will include the presentation of February’s adoptable dogs and the North Bay Animal Services Annual Report.
On the meeting's consent agenda — items that are considered routine in nature and usually adopted on a single vote — are minutes and warrants.
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